Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, September 26

Australian Rules Football
2nd Preliminary Final, Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia
West Coast Eagles vs. North Melbourne Kangaroos — FS2, 5:30 p.m.

Boxing
PBC on NBC, Legacy Arena, Birmingham, AL
WBC Heavyweight Title
Johann Dauhaupas vs. Deontay Wilder — NBC, 8:30 p.m.

Solo Boxeo Tecate, Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino, Lemoore, CA
NABF Heavyweight Title
Andy Ruiz vs. Joell Godfrey — UniMás, 11 p.m.

Bundesliga
Mainz vs. Bayern Munich — FS2, 9:20 a.m.
Werder Bremen vs. Bayer Leverkusen — Fox Soccer Plus, 9:20 a.m.
Hamburg vs. Schalke — FS2, 12:20 p.m.

College Football Viewing Picks

College Volleyball
Women’s
Kansas at TCU — Fox College Sports Pacific, 4 p.m.

College Water Polo
Men’s
Long Beach State at UCLA — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Los Angeles, 10 p.m.

Cycling
UCI Road World Championships, Richmond, VA
Women’s Elite Road Race — Universal Sports, 1 p.m.

Pre-Race Show — Universal Sports, 12:30 p.m.

English Football Championship
Milton Keynes Dons vs. Derby County — beIN Sports, 7:25 a.m.

English Premier League
Tottenham Hotspur vs. Manchester City — NBCSN/NBC Universo, 7:45 a.m.
Manchester United vs. Sunderland — NBCSN, 10 a.m.
Leicester City vs. Arsenal — USA Network/NBC Universo, 10 a.m.
Liverpool vs. Aston Villa — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Southampton vs. Swansea City — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Stoke City vs. Bournemouth — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
West Ham United vs. Norwich City — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Newcastle vs. Chelsea — NBCSN/NBC Universo, 12:30 p.m.

Premier League Preview — NBCSN, 6 a.m.
Premiere League Live — NBCSN, 7 a.m.
Premier League Pregame — NBC Universo, 7:30 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, 9:45 a.m.
Premier League Postgame — NBC Universo, 9:45 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, noon
Premier League World — NBC Universo, noon
Goal Zone — NBCSN, 2:30 p.m.

Formula 1
Japan Grand Prix, Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka, Japan
Qualifying — Univision Deportes, 1:55 a.m./NBCSN, 2 a.m.

Golf
PGA Tour
FedEx Cup
The Tour Championship, East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, GA
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 10 a.m.
3rd Round — NBC, noon

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 9 a.m.

European PGA Tour
European Open, Hartl Resort at Bad Griesbach (Beckenbauer Course), Bad Griesbach, Germany
3rd Round — Golf Channel, noon (same day coverage)

Web.com Tour
Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship, The Ohio State University Golf Club (Scarlet Course), Columbus, OH
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 4 p.m.

Champions Tour
Nature Valley First Tee Open at Pebble Beach, Pebble Beach Golf Links; Poppy Hills Golf Course, Pebble Beach, CA
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 6 p.m.

La Liga
Barcelona vs. Las Palmas — beIN Sports, 9:55 a.m.
Real Madrid vs. Malaga — beIN Sports, 12:10 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Barnett, Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan
Prelims — FS2, 8 p.m.
Main Event — FS1, 10 p.m.

UFC Prefight Show — FS2, 7 p.m.

MLB
American League
Tampa Bay at Toronto — Sportsnet, 1 p.m.
Texas at Houston — Fox, 1 p.m.
Baltimore at Boston — MLB Network/MASN/NESN, 4 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at New York Yankees — MLB Network/Comcast SportsNet Chicago/WPIX, 4 p.m.
Cleveland at Kansas City — STO/Fox Sports Kansas City, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Detroit — Fox Sports North/Fox Sports Detroit, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Anaheim Angels — Root Sports Northwest/Fox Sports West, 9 p.m./MLB Network, 10 p.m. (joined in progress)

National League
Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs — Fox, 1 p.m.
New York Mets at Cincinnati — SNY/Fox Sports Ohio, 4 p.m.
Philadelphia at Washington — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/MASN2, 4 p.m.
Atlanta at Miami — Fox Sports South/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
Milwaukee at St. Louis — FS1, 7:15 p.m.
Los Angeles Dodgers at Colorado — SportsNet LA/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 8 p.m.
Arizona at San Diego — Fox Sports Arizona/Fox Sports San Diego, 8:30 p.m./MLB Network, 10 p.m. (joined in progress)

Interleague
San Francisco at Oakland — Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/Comcast SportsNet California, 4 p.m.

Fox Saturday Baseball Pregame Show — Fox, 12:30 p.m.
MLB on FS1 Pregame Show — FS1, 6:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 7 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, midnight

MLS
Toronto FC vs Chicago — TSN/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 2 p.m.
Montreal vs. D.C. United — TSN/Comcast SpottsNet Mid-Atlantic, 5 p.m.
Columbus vs. Portland — Time Warner Cable SportsNet/KPDX, 7:30 p.m.
New England vs. Philadelphia — Comcast SportsNet New England/The Comcast Network, 7:30 p.m.
Houston vs. Colorado — Root Sports Southwest/Altitude, 8:30 p.m.
Vancouver vs. New York City FC — TSN/RDS/YES, 10 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Sylvania 300, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, NH
Practice — CNBC, 9 a.m.
Final Practice — CNBC, 11:30 a.m.

Camping World Truck Series
UNOH 175, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, NH
Qualifying — FS1, 10 a.m.
Race — FS1, 1 p.m.

NCWTS Setup — FS1, 12:30 p.m.

Xfinity Series
VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300, Kentucky Speedway, Sparta, KY
Qualifying — NBCSN, 4:30 p.m.
Race — NBCSN, 8 p.m.

Countdown to Green — NBCSN, 7:30 p.m.

NHL Preseason
Columbus at Pittsburgh — NHL Network/WPCW, 4 p.m.
Buffalo at Ottawa — TSN5, 7 p.m.
New York Rangers at New Jersey — NHL Network/MSG Network/MSG Plus, 7 p.m.
Montreal at Toronto — Sportsnet, 7:30 p.m.
St. Louis at Chicago — WGN, 8:30 p.m.
Calgary at Vancouver — Sportsnet/NHL Network, 10 p.m.

Soccer
Football Focus Special: Steve Gerrard: A Postcard From Hollywood — BBC World News, 8:30 a.m.
The Express Xtra-Weekends — beIN Sports, 4:45 p.m.

Sports Talk
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 9:15 a.m.
30 for 30: I Hate Christian Laettner — ESPN Classic, 10:30 a.m.
SEC Storied: Shaq & Dale — ESPN Classic, noon
30 for 30: The Two Escobars — ESPN Classic, 1 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:15 p.m.
30 for 30: Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. the New York Knicks — ESPN Classic, 3 p.m.
30 for 30: 9.79 — ESPN Classic, 4:30 p.m.
30 for 30: Free Spirits — ESPN Classic, 6 p.m.
ESPN Films: Catching Hell — ESPN Classic, 7 p.m.
30 for 30: Four Days in October — ESPN Classic, 9 p.m.
30 for 30: The House of Steinbrenner — ESPN Classic, 10 p.m.

Tennis
WTA Tour
Korean Open Tennis, Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Semifinals — Tennis Channel, 8 a.m. (same day coverage)

WTA Tour
Toray Pan Pacific Open, Ariake Colosseum and Ariake Tennis Forest Park, Tokyo, Japan
Semifinals — Tennis Channel, noon (same day coverage)

ATP Tour
Moselle Open, Les Arènes Metz, Metz, FranceSemifinals — Tennis Channel, 4 p.m. (same day coverage)

Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 10:30 p.m.
Center Court — Tennis Channel, 11 p.m.

Sunday, September 27

Bundesliga
Eintracht Frankfurt vs. Hertha Berlin — FS1, 9:30 a.m.
Borussia Dortmund vs. Darmstadt — FS2, 11:30 a.m.

Bundesliga Match Day — FS1, 9 a.m.

College Football
College Football Sunday — ESPNU, 8 a.m.

College Soccer
Men’s
Wisconsin vs. Maryland — Big Ten Network, 1 p.m.
Oregon State vs. Seattle — Pac-12 Washington, 2 p.m.
Cal-Irvine vs. UCLA — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Los Angeles, 10 p.m.

Women’s
Georgia vs. Texas A&M — ESPNU, 1 p.m.
Oklahoma vs. Iowa State — Fox College Sports Central, 2 p.m.
TCU vs. Oklahoma State — Fox College Sports Pacific, 2 p.m.
Arizona vs. Washington State — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Arizona/Pac-12 Washington, 2 p.m.
Colorado vs. Cal — Pac-12 Mountain, 3 p.m.
Vanderbilt vs. Tennessee — SEC Network, 5 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
Kentucky at Florida — SEC Network, 1 p.m.
UCLA at Cal — Pac-12 Los Angeles/Pac-12 Bay Area, 3 p.m.
Mississippi State at Mississippi — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
Oregon State at Arizona State — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Oregon/Pac-12 Arizona, 4 p.m.
Oregon at Arizona — ESPNU, 5 p.m.
USC at Stanford — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Los Angeles/Pac-12 Bay Area, 10 p.m.

Cycling
UCI Road World Championships, Richmond, VA
Men’s Elite Road Race — CNBC, noon

Pre-Race Show — Universal Sports, 8:30 a.m.

English Football Championship
Leeds United vs. Middlesbrough — beIN Sports, 12:55 p.m. (same day coverage)

English Premier League
Watford vs. Crystal Palace — NBCSN/Telemundo, 11 a.m.

Match of the Day — NBCSN, 6 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, 10 a.m.
Match of the Day II — NBCSN, 12:30 a.m. (Monday)

Formula 1
Japan Grand Prix, Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka, Japan
Race — Univision Deportes, 12:25 a.m./NBCSN, 12:30 a.m.

Fórmula 1 Previo — Univision Deportes, midnight
F1 Extra — NBCSN, 3 a.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
European Open, Hartl Resort at Bad Griesbach (Beckenbauer Course), Bad Griesbach, Germany
Final Round — Golf Channel, 9 a.m.

PGA Tour
FedEx Cup
The Tour Championship, East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, GA
Final Round — Golf Channel, noon
Final Round — NBC, 1:30 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 11 a.m.

Web.com Tour
Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship, The Ohio State University Golf Club (Scarlet Course), Columbus, OH
Final Round — Golf Channel, 1:30 p.m.

Champions Tour
Nature Valley First Tee Open at Pebble Beach, Pebble Beach Golf Links; Poppy Hills Golf Course, Pebble Beach, CA
Final Round — Golf Channel, 6:30 p.m.

MLB
American League
Chicago White Sox at New York Yankees — WGN/YES, 1 p.m.
Minnesota at Detroit — Fox Sports North/Fox Sports Detroit, 1 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Toronto — Sun Sports/Sportsnet, 1 p.m.
Baltimore at Boston — MASN/NESN, 1:30 p.m.
Cleveland at Kansas City — STO/Fox Sports Kansas City, 2 p.m.
Texas at Houston — TBS/Fox Sports Southwest/Root Sports Southwest, 2 p.m.
Seattle at Anaheim Angels — Root Sports Northwest/Fox Sports West, 3:30 p.m.

National League
Atlanta at Miami — Fox Sports South/Fox Sports Florida, 1 p.m.
New York Mets at Cincinnati — SNY, 1 p.m.
Philadelphia at Washington — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/MASN2, 1:30 p.m.
Milwaukee at St. Louis — Fox Sports Wisconsin/Fox Sports Midwest, 2:15 p.m.
Arizona at San Diego — Fox Sports Arizona/Fox Sports San Diego, 4 p.m.
Los Angeles Dodgers at Colorado — SportsNet LA/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 4 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs — ESPN, 8 p.m.

Interleague
San Francisco at Oakland — Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/Comcast SportsNet California, 4 p.m.

Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 2:30 a.m.
Plays of the Week — MLB Network, noon
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 1 p.m.
MLB on TBS Pregame Show — TBS, 1:30 p.m.
Baseball Tonight: Sunday Night Countdown — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 11 p.m.

MLS
Sporting KC vs. Seattle — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
San Jose vs. Real Salt Lake — FS1, 7 p.m.
L.A. Galaxy vs. FC Dallas — FS1, 9:30 p.m.

Somos MLS — Univision Deportes, 11 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Sylvania 300, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, NH
Race — NBCSN, 2 p.m.

NASCAR RaceDay: New Hampshire — FS1, 11:30 a.m.
NASCAR America Sunday — NBCSN, 1 p.m.
Countdown to Green — NBCSN, 1:30 p.m.
Post-Race Show — NBCSN, 5 p.m.
NASCAR Victory Lap — NBCSN, 6 p.m.
NASCAR Victory Lane: New Hampshire — FS1, 12:30 a.m. (Monday)

NFL Viewing Picks

NHL Preseason
Winnipeg at Minnesota — NHL Network/TSN3, 6 p.m.

Rugby
2015 IRB Rugby World Cup
Pool B, Elland Road Stadium, Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Scotland vs. United States — Universal Sports, 9 a.m.

Scottish Championship League
Greenock Morton vs. Rangers FC — Fox Soccer Plus, 7:25 a.m.

Soccer
The Express Xtra-Weekends — beIN Sports, 5 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPN2, midnight

Sports Talk
Fox Sports Live — FS1, 1 a.m.
Sports Money — FS1, 7 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN2, 9 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 9:15 a.m.
The Sports Reporters — ESPN2, 9:30 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:15 p.m.
30 for 30 Shorts: Pittsburgh Drug Trials — ESPN2, 6:30 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — FS1, 11:30 p.m.

Tennis
WTA Tour
Guangzhou International Open, Guangzhou International Tennis Center, Guangzhou, Communist China
Finals — Tennis Channel, 6 a.m.

WTA Tour
Korean Open Tennis, Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Finals — Tennis Channel, 10 a.m. (same day coverage)

WTA Tour
Toray Pan Pacific Open, Ariake Colosseum and Ariake Tennis Forest Park, Tokyo, Japan
Finals — Tennis Channel, 1 p.m. (same day coverage)

ATP Tour
Moselle Open, Les Arènes Metz, Metz, France
Finals — Tennis Channel, 6 p.m. (same day coverage)

WNBA Playoffs
Eastern Conference Final
New York Liberty at Indiana Fever — ESPN, 1 p.m. (New York leads series 1-0)

Western Conference Final
Minnesota Lynx at Phoenix Mercury — ESPN, 3 p.m. (Minnesota leads series 1-0)

About Ken Fang

Ken has been covering the sports media in earnest at his own site, Fang's Bites since May 2007 and at Awful Announcing since March 2013. He provides a unique perspective having been an award-winning radio news reporter in Providence and having worked in local television. Fang celebrates the three Boston Red Sox World Championships in the 21st Century, but continues to be a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan.

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